The spokesman, Adel Zourob, added that Rafah crossing point will be open for two days before patients, students and Palestinians, who are the holders of residency permits in other countries.
The names of the travelers who would be allowed to leave Gaza appeared on the website of Hamas' interior ministry. However, the spokesman slammed Egypt's procedures on the crossing, saying that "the policy of long-waiting and piling up the travelers on the crossing would increase the suffering of 1.5 million Palestinians."
Israel and Egypt closed their border with the Gaza Strip in 2007 after the Islamic Hamas movement took over the territory by force. Since then, Egypt periodically allowed the departure and return of humanitarian cases.
Following Israel's major offensive in Gaza in January 2009, Egypt kept the crossing open for
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